tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post5545096367647145621..comments2024-03-28T16:26:28.642-05:00Comments on driftglass: Ignis Fatuusdriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-19710405102032849202014-12-26T08:42:27.800-06:002014-12-26T08:42:27.800-06:00Just letting you know I footnoted your essay on a ...Just letting you know I footnoted your essay on a post I made on another forum. <br /><br />I called it "The Little Conservative Boy Who Cried 'Wolf!'"<br /><br />Much like your Tea Belly Sneeches and Little Red State Fundy, it takes a classic story to illustrate modern political discourse. Needless to say, the variation on the classic story about crying "wolf" is there is never a point where the little conservative boy loses credibility. The media villagers keep scrambling out asking "where?" every single time and by the time they find there is no wolf, they never seem to care and the little conservative boy cries "wolf" again. <br /><br />http://atheistforums.org/thread-30463.html<br /><br />Feel free to use that "Little Conservative Boy Who Cried 'Wolf'" idea in any future blog post of yours. I'm sure you'll spin it into a better yarn than I did. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764138019288507792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-33338892481547135422014-12-22T16:48:13.058-06:002014-12-22T16:48:13.058-06:00To pick up on a theme, it is becoming obvious now ...To pick up on a theme, it is becoming obvious now that Bob McCollough's plan was to "Both Sides" Darren Wilson a non indictment.<br /><br />What really happened that day? The 16 people who saw Wilson fire on a kid on his knees with his hands in the air; or Wilson and Witness 40, who we know was lying? Who can say, we'll have to leave it there; Back to you WolfDonPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13561984994256010877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-51580353974742484592014-12-19T10:31:42.882-06:002014-12-19T10:31:42.882-06:00I think Jerry B is right here. No one wants it, bu...I think Jerry B is right here. No one wants it, but there comes a time in a civil society when it will become inevitable. That time approaches rapidly, and the intelligent know from whence it comes.Denny Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04617898978707110084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-26329891819108924222014-12-18T13:17:34.791-06:002014-12-18T13:17:34.791-06:00Denny:
Notice where a lot of the biggest Federal ...Denny:<br /><br />Notice where a lot of the biggest Federal military bases are located. <br /><br />I think they're located where they are...just in case, in my opinion.Cinesiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14996950964848333121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-39073721420826977212014-12-18T08:13:28.494-06:002014-12-18T08:13:28.494-06:00Bill, first off I don't know anybody on the le...Bill, first off I don't know anybody on the left that "dream of violence". That an absurd statement. The only violent rhetoric I've seen come from the right. Murder fantasy runs rampant among the wingnuts. My comment was merely a prediction of future events based on the ever increasing insanity of the political right.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12710348040257922919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-72009774377004786432014-12-18T05:45:31.775-06:002014-12-18T05:45:31.775-06:00" The right wing has far more guns, and they ..." The right wing has far more guns, and they probably have the US military if push really comes to shove." Heard the same thing in 1860.Denny Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04617898978707110084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-56119005531909933652014-12-17T15:46:27.331-06:002014-12-17T15:46:27.331-06:00Frank:
Cognitive Dissonance is what allows Conser...Frank:<br /><br />Cognitive Dissonance is what allows Conservatives to believe in multiple falsehoods when the truth is staring directly at them.<br /><br />It is also why they are so angry and deranged. <br /><br />The anxiety is found in their ability to shout, scream and drool about how terrible Obama is, while ignoring their own terribleness.Cinesiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14996950964848333121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-21955020937878620302014-12-17T12:22:07.464-06:002014-12-17T12:22:07.464-06:00http://wirthconsulting.tumblr.com/post/10348305519...http://wirthconsulting.tumblr.com/post/103483055198/the-wingnut-magi-ride-into-bethlehemAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10391170815525341839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-778681229012087402014-12-17T10:10:25.791-06:002014-12-17T10:10:25.791-06:00The first time I read witness 40's testimony I...The first time I read witness 40's testimony I knew it was bullshit, in fact so ridiculous that nobody could take it seriously. That, in my mind makes the DA guilty of obstruction.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06518025949949879535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-47161627453151197822014-12-17T10:10:14.890-06:002014-12-17T10:10:14.890-06:00The first time I read witness 40's testimony I...The first time I read witness 40's testimony I knew it was bullshit, in fact so ridiculous that nobody could take it seriously. That, in my mind makes the DA guilty of obstruction.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06518025949949879535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-67866617169722059012014-12-17T07:47:41.418-06:002014-12-17T07:47:41.418-06:00People on the left who dream of violence are drink...People on the left who dream of violence are drinking from the same cup of authoritarianism that has poisoned the Republicans already. Violence will only confirm the racist perspective. The right wing has far more guns, and they probably have the US military if push really comes to shove. Fiddlin Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083633111240927563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-10135135021612815282014-12-17T06:51:21.063-06:002014-12-17T06:51:21.063-06:00That's why I expect a great deal of civil viol...That's why I expect a great deal of civil violence before we can wake up from this nightmare. Eventually the weight of reality will make their willful ignorance impossible to maintain. That's when they will be the most dangerous.<br /><br />I expect this sooner rather than later.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12710348040257922919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-23751113154720399582014-12-17T06:10:55.765-06:002014-12-17T06:10:55.765-06:00""forced" to quit." A few year...""forced" to quit." A few years back, you had predicted (if that's the right word)that something like a shooting Civil War would occur within 7 years in the U.S. At least, I thought that was you. Is this of a piece with that observation? I think the much-ballyhooed polarization is good for us, and the line finally has to be drawn somewhere. Failing that, we fail.Denny Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04617898978707110084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-63149786133108742942014-12-17T04:41:13.816-06:002014-12-17T04:41:13.816-06:00Reassuring or comforting or re-enforcing of ones p...Reassuring or comforting or re-enforcing of ones pre-conceptions or simply useful to ones agenda and those of ones comrades, lies are the tools of social manipulation and cultural stagnation. How those tools are employed and their efficacy is determined by how often and by whom they are repeated and to what extent they are shouted down by those that they harm. Not to mention which side has the the better swords.BlindRobinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10178683258724942700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-40114383060006413622014-12-17T02:49:10.439-06:002014-12-17T02:49:10.439-06:00n1ck: On the contrary -- since cognitive dissonanc...n1ck: On the contrary -- since cognitive dissonance is defined as <i>"anxiety that results from simultaneously holding contradictory or otherwise incompatible attitudes, beliefs, or the like"</i>, I would submit that conservatives are actually <i>immune</i> to cognitive dissonance, since conservatives have demonstrated themselves capable of accepting several completely contradictory propositions at the same time without batting an eye. To use a contemporary example, conservatives believe <i>all</i> of the following things to be true:<br /><br />• Barack Obama is a brutal, tyrannical, iron-fisted dictator who brazenly does whatever he pleases, regardless of our Constitution, international opinion, or any laws anywhere.<br />• Barack Obama is a weak-willed, sniveling coward who goes around apologizing for America because he is ashamed of everything about his country and is terrified of offending our enemies.<br />• Barack Obama is an inhumanly brilliant master manipulator who has been systematically carrying out a byzantine long-term plot to destroy America since before the time of his own birth. <br />• Barack Obama is such an incompetent boob and mental midget that he cannot string two words together without the aid of a Teleprompter.Frank Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11717740988326817494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-58872342327969046282014-12-16T22:35:28.479-06:002014-12-16T22:35:28.479-06:00Any real LEO who read that"diary" entry ...Any real LEO who read that"diary" entry knew it was either a 96 or a liar. Of course Bob McCulloch was building up a defense case...Grung_e_Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894879088472559055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-91594474115553413962014-12-16T21:38:57.109-06:002014-12-16T21:38:57.109-06:00Cognitive Dissonance is a bitch.Cognitive Dissonance is a bitch.Cinesiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14996950964848333121noreply@blogger.com